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German Free Software License
(c) Ministry of Science and Research, State of North-Rhine Westphalia 2004
Developed and created by Axel Metzger and Till Jaeger, Institut für Rechtsfragen der Freien und Open Source Software (Institute for Legal Issues On Free and Open Source Software), .
Preamble
Software is more than a mere economic asset. It is the technical foundation of the information society. Therefore, the issue of the public share in software is of particular importance. Conventionally licensed computer programs are distributed in object code form only, and the user is not entitled to modify or pass on the program to third parties. The license model for Free Software (synonym "Open Source Software"), however...